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Invalidity · first instance · 2026-06-26
000072551
Contested design: 009062987-0001
EUDR
Outcome
Application inadmissible
The application for a declaration of invalidity is rejected as inadmissible and the filing fee is not refunded.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is rejected as inadmissible. 2. The fee for the application for a declaration of invalidity will not be refunded.
CostsNot specified
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Mingming Chenvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Suzhou, China
Legal grounds invoked
Article 25(1)(a)Article 28(1)(b)(vi)Article 28(1)(c)(ii)Article 30(1)Article 52(2)Article 77(2)Article 78(1)
Argument summary
- ›Applicant (Mingming Chen, domiciled in China with no EEA establishment) filed an invalidity application against EU design No 9062987-0001 on ground Article 25(1)(a) EUDR without providing a reasoned statement or appointing an EEA representative as required.
- ›Holder did not participate; the decision is essentially ex parte.
- ›Office found the application deficient under Article 28(1)(b)(vi) EUDIR (no reasoned statement with facts, evidence and arguments) and Article 28(1)(c)(ii) EUDIR (no EEA professional representative named); the Office invited remediation on 15/07/2025 but the applicant did not respond within the time limit.
- ›Application rejected as inadmissible under Article 30(1) EUDIR; filing fee not refunded.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberGaile SAKALAITE
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
Locarno classes
21.01
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